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Themelios is an international evangelical theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. It was formerly a print journal operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The new editorial team, led by D.A....

rendered in Greek mainly by πτωχός and seldom by πενης. However, the main Hebrew words are עָנִי, דַּל, and אָבְיוֹן. The word עָנִי denotes a dependent because of his inferior position of answering to the one who demands the answer.10 When it is used for an economic position, it is combined either with דַּל (Ps. 82:3) or with אָבְיוֹן (Dt. 24:14; Ex. 16:49; 18:12; 22:29). In a more developed usage it denotes a state of lowliness or distress and hence a man in a state of reduced competence and lesser
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